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Monday, September 21, 2015

Albania takes in Syrian refugees, as Albanians claim EU asylum

Just a few days ago, EU's stats agency, EuroStat, claimed that only 1 out of 5 migrants arriving in European Union between April-June were actually from Syria. By their estimate, 17,770 were from Albania.

Here's an interesting historical parallel: both Germany and Albania took in ethnic Albanians fleeing the Kosovo War in 1998-1999.

So if there's any country in Europe well-suited to sympathize with the plight of the Syrians, it's Albania. Whether the country can effectively handle another refugee situation 16 years later remains to be seen.